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Job Opportunity: Programme Manager Bougainville:ShaniaJob description:Job Description» Incredible international development opportunity in the Pacific» Manage the delivery of our high quality international development programme » located in Bougainville with full employment/accommodation package About the function Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) sends skilled Kiwis to the Pacific and beyond to share their practice and knowledge directly with local people and communities. Working together with our regional neighbours, our volunteers create new opportunities for people that will continue to ripple across communities for generations to come. Join the staff of VSA with this salaried position. As Programme Manager located in Buka in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, PNG, you’ll be VSA’s representative managing the delivery of a high quality international development programme within Bougainville. A key responsibility of this overseas posting will be to set and lead the strategic direction of our Bougainville programme, with oversight from VSA’s Director Finance & Programme Delivery who is located in Wellington, New Zealand. In this function, you’ll draw on your skills in relationship building to develop significant partnerships with local organisations. You will then identify ways in which VSA volunteers could contribute to upskilling those partner organisations to achieve their particular goals. You’ll also provide guidance and support to individual VSA volunteers and will supervise their logistical and pastoral support needs with local assistance from the Country Programme Co-ordinator who is also located in Bougainville. This overseas posting requires an practiced manager with an adventurous spirit, who enjoys a varied function and is excited by the opportunity to practice a different culture. Bougainville can be a challenging environment in which to work so the function will require Somebody with resilience. Skills & practice To be effective in this challenging and exciting function, you’ll be a motivated self-starter with heaps of “can do” attitude and initiative, as well as: » proven management practice across a range of areas (especially people, strategic, finance and administration) » practice in developing, planning, coordinating and managing development programmes » highly effective interpersonal/relationship-building, communication and influencing skills » a tertiary qualification in international development or a similar discipline, or equivalent significant skills » sound knowledge of development principles and the political, social, cultural and economic issues that are important to developing countries » the capability to relate well to people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds » prosperous practice in living and working in a developing country, preferably in the Pacific. Only people with a current passport confirming New Zealand citizenship, or New Zealand permanent residency with a multiple re-entry permit, will be considered. A full employment package including airfares, furnished housing, utilities subsidy, location grants, language training, and comprehensive expatriate insurance cover will be offered in addition to income. Your urgent consideration of this great opportunity is encouraged. Applications close at 5pm on Sunday 30 April 2023 or as soon as a appropriate applicant is identified. How to submit the application:If you are interested in this Programme Manager - Bougainville position, please click the APPLY button. All applications will be acknowledged electronically.Alternatively, if this sounds like you but you're not available for the above function and would like to be considered for VSA's other Programme Manager functions coming up during the next 12 months, please submit your general expression of interest via the APPLY button.For the position description visit our website www.peopleandco.nz/jobs - search keyword 20392 , and the position description link is at the bottom of the ad.For more information contact Jacaleen Williams on (04) 931 9450 quoting job number 20392.Skills:
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